a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.

any similar swelling, as an air bubble in a coat of paint.

a relatively large bubble occurring in glass during blowing.

Military . a transparent bulge or dome on the fuselage of an airplane, usually for mounting a gun.

Photography . a bubble of air formed where the emulsion has separated from the base of a film, as because of defective processing.

a dome or skylight on a building.

the moving bubble in a spirit level.

a small blisterlike covering of plastic, usually affixed to a piece of cardboard and containing a small item, as a pen, bolt, or medicinal tablet.

to raise a blister or blisters on

These new shoes blistered my feet.

to criticize or rebuke severely

The boss blistered his assistant in front of the whole office.

to beat or thrash; punish severely.

to form or rise as a blister or blisters; become blistered.

noun

abscess , blain , bleb , boil , bubble , bulla , burn , canker , carbuncle , cyst , furuncle , pimple , pustule , sac , sore , ulcer , vesication , vesicle , wale , weal , welt , wheal , beat , blob , castigate , epispastic , lambaste , lash , pustulant.--v. vesicate , pustulate , pustulation , scorch , vesicant , vesicate , vesicatory

verb

drub , excoriate , flay , lash , rip into , scarify , scathe , scorch , score , scourge , slap , slash